Spinningdale Cotton Mill
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
57.87448, -4.23412
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Coal Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Coal Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Wren +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Wren +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lobarina scrobiculata, Lungwort Lichen, Speckled Script-Lichen +83 more · last seen 2018
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Four-spotted Chaser, Black Darter +104 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — daffodils, Gorse, Foxglove +172 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Photos
Spinningdale Mill from the viewpoint in Ledmore Wood
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Goldcrest · Wren · Coal Tit · Swallow · Chaffinch +31
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
- RavenCorvus corax2020
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Stoat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- StoatMustela erminea2020
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects19 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Four-spotted Chaser · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Black Darter · Northern Emerald · Hairy Wood Ant +14
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Black DarterSympetrum danae2021
- Northern EmeraldSomatochlora arctica2022
- Hairy Wood AntFormica lugubris
Sycamore · Iceland Poppy · Welsh Poppy · Ground-elder · Pampas-grass +47
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Iceland PoppyPapaver nudicaule
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2020
- Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2020
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Goldcrest · Wren · Coal Tit · Swallow · Chaffinch +31
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
- RavenCorvus corax2020
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Stoat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- StoatMustela erminea2020
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects19 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Four-spotted Chaser · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Black Darter · Northern Emerald · Hairy Wood Ant +14
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Black DarterSympetrum danae2021
- Northern EmeraldSomatochlora arctica2022
- Hairy Wood AntFormica lugubris
Sycamore · Iceland Poppy · Welsh Poppy · Ground-elder · Pampas-grass +47
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Iceland PoppyPapaver nudicaule
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2020
- Pampas-grassCortaderia selloana2020
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2021Common HawkerAeshna juncea2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2024Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2023Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis2023Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2022Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2022Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2022Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2021Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2021SyrphusSyrphus2021SyrphusSyrphus2021Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2021Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2021Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2020Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2020Sherard's Downy-rose
Sherard's Downy-rose
Rosa sherardii2020
Rosa sherardii2020
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